S3B1. Knows that reproduction is a characteristic of all living things and is essential to all living things. I know that reproduction is important for all living things. For example, if a species of fish stops reproducing, the species will extinct. Predators that eat them might decrease because they lose their food. Overcrowding of smaller fish might occur because their predators decrease. All of my projects show that living things reproduce. My Protists Trading Card shows that reproduction is essential to all organisms.
S3B2. Knows that for sexually reproducing organisms, a species comprises all organisms that can mate with one another to produce fertile offspring. Different species of sexually reproducing organisms can sometimes have the offspring, which is a hybrid like a mule or a liger, but the offspring is always infertile. Neither mule nor liger can reproduce. An organism can have fertile offspring only if its mate belongs to the same species.
S3B3. Understands asexual and sexual reproduction (e.g. in terms of how traits are passed to offspring- heredity, and the advantages/disadvantages of both). Asexual reproduction does not require eggs or sperms while sexual reproduction requires both eggs and sperms. The advantages of asexual reproduction are that an organism can reproduce quickly and don't need to find a mate. The disadvantage is that the offspring is almost the same as the parent and can not have a diversity of the species. The advantage of sexual reproduction is that the species can have a diversity, which helps it survive sudden changes. The disadvantages are that an organism needs to find a mate and that it takes some time. My Cnidarian Trading Card shows the advantages of both methods of reproduction.
I know that reproduction is important for all living things. For example, if a species of fish stops reproducing, the species will extinct. Predators that eat them might decrease because they lose their food. Overcrowding of smaller fish might occur because their predators decrease. All of my projects show that living things reproduce. My Protists Trading Card shows that reproduction is essential to all organisms.
S3B2. Knows that for sexually reproducing organisms, a species comprises all organisms that can mate with one another to produce fertile offspring.
Different species of sexually reproducing organisms can sometimes have the offspring, which is a hybrid like a mule or a liger,
but the offspring is always infertile. Neither mule nor liger can reproduce. An organism can have fertile offspring only if its mate belongs to the same species.
S3B3. Understands asexual and sexual reproduction (e.g. in terms of how traits are passed to offspring- heredity, and the advantages/disadvantages of both).
Asexual reproduction does not require eggs or sperms while sexual reproduction requires both eggs and sperms. The advantages of asexual reproduction are that an organism can reproduce quickly and don't need to find a mate. The disadvantage is that the offspring is almost the same as the parent and can not have a diversity of the species. The advantage of sexual reproduction is that the species can have a diversity, which helps it survive sudden changes. The disadvantages are that an organism needs to find a mate and that it takes some time. My Cnidarian Trading Card shows the advantages of both methods of reproduction.